Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - JOHN LENNON - SINGLE (1972), SHAVED FISH (1975)
HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER) (co-composed with Yoko Ono)
(c) 1972 Lenono Music / Ono Music
Chords used:
EADGBE
A: x02220
Asus9: x42200
Asus4: x02230
Bm: xx4432
Bmsus9: x20203
Bmsus4: xx2432
Bm7: x20232
E7: 020100
E13: x65778
A13: x04567
D: xx0232
Dmaj4: xx4233
Dsus4: xx0233
Em(7#): 021000
Em9: 020002
D13: 001334
G: 320003
Em: 022000
F#m: xx4222
E: 022100
Amaj7: 004321
D6: xx0202
Bm(7#): 020334
Bm9: xx6668
E7sus4: 020200
Bb: x03331
Dmaj7: 143111
G6: 320000
A7sus4: x02233
A7: x02223
Em7: 020000
('Happy Xmas, Kyoko. Happy Xmas, Johnny.')
A Asus9 Asus4
So this is Xmas
A Bm Bmsus9 Bmsus4
And what have you done?
Bm Bm7 E7 Bm7
Another year over
E13 A Asus9 Asus4
And a new one just begun
A13 D Dmaj4 Dsus4
And so this is Xmas
D Em Em(7#) Em9
I hope you have fun
Em A Asus9
The near and the dear ones
A13 D Dsus4
The old and the young
D13 G
A very merry Xmas
A
And a happy New Year
G F#m Em G
Let's hope it's a good one
D E
Without any fear
E7 A Amaj7 D6
And so this is Xmas
A Bm Bm(7#) Bm9
For weak and for strong
Bm E7sus4 E7 Bm7
For rich and the poor ones
E7 A E7 Bb
The world is so wrong
A D Dmaj7 G6
And so happy Xmas
Em Em(7#) Em9
For black and for white
Em A7sus4 A7 Em7
For yellow and red ones
A7 D A7 Em
Let's stop all the fights
D13 G
A very merry Xmas
A
And a happy New Year
G F#m Em G
Let's hope it's a good one
D E
Without any fear
E13 A Asus9 Asus4
And so this is Xmas
A Bm Bmsus9 Bmsus4
And what have we done?
Bm Bm7 E7 Bm7
Another year over
E13 A Asus9 Asus4
And a new one just begun
A13 D Dmaj4 Dsus4
And so happy Xmas
D Em Em(7#) Em9
We hope you have fun
Em A Asus9
The near and the dear ones
A13 D Dsus4
The old and the young
D13 G
A very merry Xmas
A
And a happy New Year
G F#m Em G
Let's hope it's a good one
D E
Without any fear
A Amaj7 D6 A Bm Bm(7#) Bm9 Bm
War is o-ver if you want it
E7sus4 E7 Bm7 E7 A E7 Bm A
War is o---ver now
[SIMPLIFIED VERSION / ACTUAL LENNON PART]
A
So this is Xmas
Bm
And what have you done
E
Another year over
A
And a new one just begun
D
And so this is Xmas
Em
I hope you have fun
A
The near and the dear ones
D
The old and the young
G
A very merry Xmas
A
And a happy New Year
F#m Em G
Let's hope it's a good one
D E7
Without any fear
And so this is Xmas
For weak and for strong
The rich and the poor ones
The road is so long
And so happy Xmas
For black and for white
For the yellow and red ones
Let's stop all the fights
A very merry Xmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear
And so this is Xmas
And what have we done
Another year over
A new one just begun
And so happy Xmas
We hope you have fun
The near and the dear ones
The old and the young
A very merry Xmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear
A Bm
War is over, if you want it
E A
War is over now
[ SIMPLIFIED VERSION #2 - CONTRIBUTED BY AN ANONYMOUS LENNONCHORDS.INFO VISITOR ]
[ also available as a PDF: http://lennonchords.info/07_shaved_fish/happyxmas.pdf ]
Asus2 x.0.2.2.0.0
Asus4 x.0.2.2.3.0
Bmsus2 x.2.4.4.2.2
Bmsus4 x.2.4.4.5.2
Esus4 0.2.2.2.0.0
Eadd9 0.2.4.1.0.0
Dsus2 x.x.0.2.3.0
Dsus4 x.x.0.2.3.3
Em/maj7 0.2.2.0.4.x
Emadd9 0.2.2.0.0.2
(spoken)
Happy Xmas Kyoko
Happy Xmas Julian
A Asus2 Asus4
So this is Xmas
A Bm Bmsus2 Bmsus4
And what have you done?
Bm Esus4 E Eadd9
Another year over
E A Asus2 Asus4
And a new one just begun
A D Dsus2 Dsus4
And so this is Xmas
D Em Em/maj7 Emadd9
I hope you have fun
Em Asus4 A Asus2
The near and the dear ones
A D Dsus2 Dsus4
The old and the young
* D G
A very merry Xmas
A
And happy New Year
Em G
Let's hope it's a good one
D E
Without any fear
And so this is Xmas
For weak and for strong
For rich and the poor ones
The world is so wrong
And so happy Xmas
For black and for white
For yellow and red ones
Let's stop all the fights
(*)
And so this is Xmas
And what have we done?
Another year over
And a new one just begun
And so happy Xmas
We hope you have fun
The near and the dear ones
The old and the young
(*)
A Asus2 Asus4 A
War is o----ver
Bm Bsus2 Bsus4 Bm
If you want it
Esus4 E Eadd9 E A
War is o----ver now...
NOTE: "I always wanted to write a Christmas record. Something
that would last forever [...] We're very proud of
that one and we both played and sang together on that one...
might have been our first pop, you know, straight pop record
together and Phil [Spector] was the producer and it was a
beautiful session and the kids singing were beautiful..."
(John Lennon, 1980)